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Let no facts stand in the way of fearmongers’ selfish ambitions dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Let no facts stand in the way of fearmongers’ selfish ambitions

Let no facts stand in the way of fearmongers’ selfish ambitions

Anti-immigration leaders are creating imaginary foes and threats to gain greater political influence and exert control over their supporters.…

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Go out and vote to fix what’s crumbling, bumbling, toiling, troubling dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Go out and vote to fix what’s crumbling, bumbling, toiling, troubling

Go out and vote to fix what’s crumbling, bumbling, toiling, troubling

The right for all South Africans to cast a ballot was hard-won. Now we must exercise it, and wisely.…

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Award-winning artist Annette Kamfer paints her way back after Parkinson’s diagnosis dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Award-winning artist Annette Kamfer paints her way back after Parkinson’s diagnosis

Award-winning artist Annette Kamfer paints her way back after Parkinson’s diagnosis

After achieving international recognition for her watercolour paintings, acclaimed artist Annette Kamfer stepped away from art to focus on her health. Now she is back, and has brought her latest...

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Ten critical questions as South Africa heads into high-stakes poll dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Ten critical questions as South Africa heads into high-stakes poll

Ten critical questions as South Africa heads into high-stakes poll

With the ANC under intense pressure, the DA seeking gains and smaller parties eyeing roles as kingmakers, voters face a contest that could reshape municipal government.…

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Into the Woods brings Sondheim’s dark, unhinged fairy tales to Cape Town dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Into the Woods brings Sondheim’s dark, unhinged fairy tales to Cape Town

Into the Woods brings Sondheim’s dark, unhinged fairy tales to Cape Town

By all accounts, Into the Woods is a monster of a musical. First performed in 1986 and made into a movie in 2014, it’s now playing in Cape Town’s Theatre on the Bay. Directed by Sylvaine Strike and...

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Proteas battle back to claim epic series win over Australia at Newlands dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Proteas battle back to claim epic series win over Australia at Newlands

Proteas battle back to claim epic series win over Australia at Newlands

South Africa 329 (Marques Ackerman 95, Aiden Markram 78, Mitchell Starc 6-72) and 387 (Wiaan Mulder 115, Ryan Rickelton 101, Ackerman 62, Starc 3-65) beat Australia 429 (Josh Inglis 102, Alex Carey...

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What it takes to fight increasingly sophisticated, AI-powered disinformation campaigns dailymaverick.co.za/opinioni…
What it takes to fight increasingly sophisticated, AI-powered disinformation campaigns

What it takes to fight increasingly sophisticated, AI-powered disinformation campaigns

Veteran defender of fact-based journalism and founder of the BBC’s Trusted News Initiative, Jessica Cecil, recently launched a new publication about disinformation. These are her reflections on...

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I have a picture for you! 24 October-30 October dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
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Proteas battle back to claim epic series win over Australia at Newlands dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Proteas battle back to claim epic series win over Australia at Newlands

Proteas battle back to claim epic series win over Australia at Newlands

South Africa 329 (Marques Ackerman 95, Aiden Markram 78, Mitchell Starc 6-72) and 387 (Wiaan Mulder 115, Ryan Rickelton 101, Ackerman 62, Starc 3-65) beat Australia 429 (Josh Inglis 102, Alex Carey...

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From the ballot box to the just transition: Participation without power dailymaverick.co.za/opinioni…
From the ballot box to the just transition: Participation without power

From the ballot box to the just transition: Participation without power

South Africa’s Just Energy Transition is reproducing a familiar democratic contradiction: communities are repeatedly invited to participate, while the power to determine their futures remains firmly...

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Bitcoin turns 18 this weekend as the world economy gets drunk on crypto dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Bitcoin turns 18 this weekend as the world economy gets drunk on crypto

Bitcoin turns 18 this weekend as the world economy gets drunk on crypto

Eighteen years after Satoshi Nakamoto published the bitcoin white paper, the crypto has expanded into a $101-billion regional economy in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the current market reality...

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Into the Woods brings Sondheim’s dark, unhinged fairy tales to Cape Town dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Into the Woods brings Sondheim’s dark, unhinged fairy tales to Cape Town

Into the Woods brings Sondheim’s dark, unhinged fairy tales to Cape Town

By all accounts, Into the Woods is a monster of a musical. First performed in 1986 and made into a movie in 2014, it’s now playing in Cape Town’s Theatre on the Bay. Directed by Sylvaine Strike and...

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The Seeker Effect imagines an African dystopia shaped by climate chaos and control dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
The Seeker Effect imagines an African dystopia shaped by climate chaos and control

The Seeker Effect imagines an African dystopia shaped by climate chaos and control

In the dystopian future of The Seeker Effect, the orbit of a drowning Earth has shifted and times are out of joint. Five citizens, who have been let out of their isolation pods, must do anything to...

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Rich, fruity Christmas cake dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Rich, fruity Christmas cake

Rich, fruity Christmas cake

Fruit, nuts, spices and strong liquor — that’s the recipe for the kind of traditional Christmas cake that is made two months in advance. This is the one we made a year ago, and now is the best time...

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Empowerment, inclusion and cultural pride are all welcome in the House of Xandria dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Empowerment, inclusion and cultural pride are all welcome in the House of Xandria

Empowerment, inclusion and cultural pride are all welcome in the House of Xandria

Founded by Malawian designer Xandria Kawanga, the House of Xandria is a socially conscious luxury fashion brand that makes high-end bespoke and ready-to-wear garments.…

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First Date — A comedic musical flashback to the days before dating apps dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
First Date — A comedic musical flashback to the days before dating apps

First Date — A comedic musical flashback to the days before dating apps

With strong performances and flashes of subversive humour, First Date turns a blind date into a musical comedy about romance, sexual tension and its anxieties.…

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The Constitution’s promise is still contested and still unfinished dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
The Constitution’s promise is still contested and still unfinished

The Constitution’s promise is still contested and still unfinished

Thirty years into democracy, South Africa’s Constitution remains both a landmark achievement and a measure of what has yet to change. Mbali Ntuli, Mbekezeli Benjamin and Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh agreed that...

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SPONSORED CONTENT: Discover Erinvale Estate Hotel & Spa, a Helderberg Winelands retreat where local food, wine, wellness and warm hospitality make slowing down irresistible. dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Food, wine and wellness come together at Erinvale Estate Hotel & Spa

Food, wine and wellness come together at Erinvale Estate Hotel & Spa

Discover Erinvale Estate Hotel & Spa, a Helderberg Winelands retreat where local food, wine, wellness and warm hospitality make slowing down irresistible.

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Fuel levy remedy: Relief for a month, pressure for a lifetime dailymaverick.co.za/opinioni…
Fuel levy remedy: Relief for a month, pressure for a lifetime

Fuel levy remedy: Relief for a month, pressure for a lifetime

The 2026 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement offers a welcome pause at the petrol pump, but mistakes temporary relief for a durable answer to South Africa’s cost-of-living crisis.…

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Misinformation, disinformation and the threat to electoral integrity dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Misinformation, disinformation and the threat to electoral integrity

Misinformation, disinformation and the threat to electoral integrity

Harmful online content around elections is changing, with institutions like the Electoral Commission of South Africa becoming a target in campaigns to discredit the credibility of the electoral...

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